Perhaps nothing symbolizes Pennsylvania Dutch culture more than the hex sign. Some believe hex signs were first added to barns as a kind of painted prayer, usually for blessings and as protection from ...
Wapwallopen resident Ivan E. Hoyt has recently been contacted by representatives of Eighties New York, LLC, requesting permission to use a Folk Hearts and Flowers hex sign he created as a set dressing ...
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs will debut their new Pennsylvania Dutch and Hex-inspired uniforms for all Saturday home games starting in 2024. In a nod to the region’s folklore and mysterious history, hex ...
Editor’s note: Welcome to the world of “Paranormal PA,” a PennLive series that delves into Pennsylvania-grown stories of spirits (like the ghost of a murdered girl whose cries can be heard in one of ...
Among the highlights of this year’s 64th Annual PA Dutch Folk festival was an academic study done by Patrick Donmoyer, a young yet long established historian of our PA Dutch/German folk culture, who ...
Dr. Alfred L. Shoemaker, celebrated authority on Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs, noted these (hex signs) folk art symbols were found locally on Christian made fraktur birth and baptismal certificates ...
READING — Eric Claypoole has been around hex signs since he was 5 years old, but there's one question he still can't answer: Why do the Pennsylvania Dutch paint hex signs on their barns? Claypoole, 47 ...
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Lehigh Valley IronPigs have unveiled their new Pennsylvania Dutch and Hex-inspired Saturday home uniforms. The IronPigs will wear the uniforms for every Saturday home game at Coca ...
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